Anonymous posts Oakland officials’ information

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The shadowy hacker group Anonymous posted personal information such as home addresses of Oakland’s top officials on the Internet in response to the city’s handling of the Occupy protests.

“Since the inception of Occupy Oakland, we have been actively monitoring your behavior, and exposing the identities and sensitive information of officers of the Oakland Police Department; as they have continued to act in an unprofessional and violent manner,” the group wrote on its website today. “You tear gassed us. You shot us with your weapons. You arrested us. You beat us. You also did this to our friends, and to our families.”

The group linked to a document that includes the home addresses, phone numbers and other information for Mayor Jean Quan, members of the City Council, City Administrator Deanna Santana and Police Chief Howard Jordan.

Anonymous said Oakland’s officials deserved to have their information released to the public.

“We watched as you cut budgets, cut our jobs, closed our schools, our parks, and our libraries, while leaving your own salaries alone,” the group wrote. “The people on this list are supposed to represent the best of what the city of Oakland has to offer. If they are the best, why is there so much trouble within the Police Department, and in the city of Oakland?”

Quan’s spokeswoman Sue Piper declined to comment, but noted that most of the information posted was already publicly available.

Only Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan was spared from having her information posted.

“Thank you for your support and being a true leader in the community,” the group said.